Cigar and cigarette holder.



PATENTED MAY 15, 1906.

APPLICATION FILED JULYZB, 1905.

m m H w WILLIAM R. HAMMOND, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1906.

Application filed July 28,1905- Serial No. 271.643.

1'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I,WILLIAM R. HAMMOND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar and CigaretteHolders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

M invention relates to an improvement in com ined cigar and cigaretteholders which is intended to provide a reversible clip or holder made ofa single piece of wire and in which the holder for the cigar serves as aconvenient handle for the cigarette-holder while in use, and vice versa.A device of this kind is desirable not only to prevent the fingers frombeing burned when the cigar or cigarette is nearly consumed, but also toprevent the fingers from becoming stained with the tobacco or the smoketherefrom.

My invention will be understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in which the same parts are indicated by the same lettersthroughout the several views.

Figure 1 shows in elevation one form of holder constructed according tomy invention. Fig. 2 shows the holder of Fig. 1 em' ployed in holding acigarette. Fig. 3 shows the holder of Fig. 1 employed in holding acigar, and Fig. 4 represents a modified form of holder constructedaccording to my invention.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 3, A represents a single piece ofresilient wire or a strip of metal having its ends bent over to form twoobversely-disposed clips a and a, one clip a being preferably slightlysmaller than the other, so as to hold a cigarette, and the larger clip abeing adapted to hold a cigar.

In Fig. 2 .the cigarette B is shown held in the clip a, and the clip a,is shown as held between the fingers and serves as a convenient handlefor the holder. In Fig. 3 the cigar C is shown held in the clip a, andthe clip a is held between the fingers and serves as a convenienthandle. In Fig. 4 the holder A is generally similar to the holder A,(shown in Figs. 1 to 3,) except that the clips a and a have their freeends inclined at an angle toward each other, instead of being parallel,as indicated in Fig. 1. The operation of the device is otherwiseprecisely similar to that of Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

Acombined cigar and cigarette holder, consisting of a single piece ofresilient metal hav ing its ends bent to form two U-shaped loops ofdifferent size, the smaller loop being adapt.- ed toserve as acigarette-holder, and the loop not in use being adapted to serve as ahandle for the implement, substantially as described,

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM R. HAMMOND.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. WRIGHT, H. W. DENT.

